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Flying Ninja Monk · Dec 14, 2010, 02:56 PM // 14:56

@Minami: I love, absolutely LOVe...i just...no words to explain it...really, even Shakespear could not accurately capture the beauty behind your socks. Wonderful, i really love your socks.

My phoenix currently looks like a furry chicken <3 almost as awesome as Minami's socks...

Minami · Dec 14, 2010, 03:22 PM // 15:22

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Originally Posted by Flying Ninja Monk

@Minami: I love, absolutely LOVe...i just...no words to explain it...really, even Shakespear could not accurately capture the beauty behind your socks. Wonderful, i really love your socks.

My phoenix currently looks like a furry chicken <3 almost as awesome as Minami's socks...

LOL

Those are just stripes

Shoulda worn my Meow socks O_o

*yay for crazy sock collection!*

Tommy's · Dec 14, 2010, 03:50 PM // 15:50

Would anyone here happen to have Norn armor for his/her Elementalist? The pictures on wiki kind of such, I would be happy with some more close up bodyshots if anyone has them ^^ You can see the angle I'd prefer them in in my wip :3 Thnx in advance <3

edit: Oh I was too hasty again, found some better ones on the other wiki. Screenies still welcome though

Flying Ninja Monk · Dec 14, 2010, 04:07 PM // 16:07

@Minami: Hehe

Though, the skirt is really looking good so far

And the Meow socks sound epic
Does anyone have any advice on how i can make Dwayna look more....feminine? Or send me a decent tut?
Ugh, this is the first time for me to ever digitally paint :P Learning so much lol, deviantart is really useful <3 Though i still wish i had a tablet >.>
Edit: Okay then, i'm remodelling lips and nose

and hopefully face...Wait is there anything i havn't changed?

Tommy's · Dec 14, 2010, 04:38 PM // 16:38

Perhabs its a good idea to repost your image when asking for advice, because I don't really understand the order of new to old that your photobucket is showing me xd

But there is some advice I can give you unconditinally. Something that could define her more as a female are her knees, well legs. I think the legs and knees are a bit bulky at the moment. Making them more fluent and softer, perhabs make those legs a bit longer aswell, would help her look more femenish. But on a note, I don't think she looks non-female

Perhabs you can also adjust her arms a bit.

Ok so forgive me but I could not resist. Took your image and started raping it. Hope it helps you a bit :3

I'lll see if I can find some tips on the interwebs too.

Ok found this, think it shows the strange curve of a female leg. I never get that right xD also gives you a look at the arms.

http://scruffyronin.deviantart.com/a...emale-47477047

Flying Ninja Monk · Dec 14, 2010, 04:59 PM // 16:59

Thaanks tommy! <3
Don't worry, if what Morag is drawing is any indication then Dwayna's been raped before

Oh_Frustration · Dec 14, 2010, 05:26 PM // 17:26

Sorry guys, I'm running really low on inspiration... I guess I'm more tired than last time... I think I'll just pack my stuff and go underground for a while. Don't expect anything great from me, I may submit a last-minute entry if I'll find the inspiration to do so. Keep up the good work and have lots of fun

Morag D · Dec 14, 2010, 05:54 PM // 17:54

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Originally Posted by Flying Ninja Monk

Don't worry, if what Morag is drawing is any indication then Dwayna's been raped before

LOL XD

KiyaKoreena · Dec 14, 2010, 06:05 PM // 18:05

@ Minami. I can't wait to see the finished project! And I hope your hun feels better soon.
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Argh I didn't get pictures taken still. It took me 6 months to get used to the >+30C summer/fall weather and our house is so not built for going below zero. Trying to keep the gas bill lower this year is being a pain already. I just want to hide in bed where it is warm. But I did manage to make a Giga Pudding hat and got that sent off to my sister.

Perynne · Dec 14, 2010, 06:47 PM // 18:47

@Kiya: Buy a hot water bottle, and make a cute GW-themed cover for it? :3 Or one of those weird warmer pillow thingies for shoulders, you can use them to warm stuff up too.

@Morag: LOL XD Who's he going for, Grenth or Dwayna?

@Oh Frustration: Aww... it would've been nice to see something from you. I hope you'll manage to make at least a quick entry. No pressure though, Christmas is stressing enough time as it is.

Spark Addiction · Dec 14, 2010, 08:30 PM // 20:30

@Tommy- yours is coming along really nice but i would recommend changing the way the monk is bending her leg and shade accordingly

@Morag- pedobear=top 3 at least XD

Death By An Arrow · Dec 14, 2010, 09:28 PM // 21:28

@Tommy; what i was trying to get at with the proportions was that each leg looks like it's the same width as the waist, to me atleast. I dont exactly know why the face was in there, i realized i didnt need it in the end xD
Try imagining Someone with legs the same width as their waist. And then a really fit/ordinary upperbody. They look in proportion to eachother but not necessarily to her upperbody. If theyre on a different layer you could just adjust the size, I'll try and (poorly) illustrate what I mean.

sorry if this sounds pushy, i just dont think what I ment was understood right ^^'

Minami · Dec 14, 2010, 11:26 PM // 23:26

Started to glue the colored rectangles onto the skirt bottom. Top row is going good, the bottom row is just placed still.

In the top left corner, you can see my sister in total concentration, drawing lines on the polymer clay jewels with a black sharpie pen. ^_^ The headdress jewels are almost done.

Bottom middle of the pic, you can see one long string of jewels, that will be hanging from the skirt.

Nemesis-of-the-Gods · Dec 15, 2010, 12:49 AM // 00:49

@Minami: GAH!!! That is looking so epic! I want it! haha XD

@Tommy's: I do not have any ele Norn armor, but I have Rit Norn armor? Haha I know that totally doesn't help, but I felt like letting you know. Oh and It's dyed white too. =D

KiyaKoreena · Dec 15, 2010, 05:30 AM // 05:30

Need to adjust the levels a bit, but this will end up being my main shot.

Minami · Dec 15, 2010, 06:13 AM // 06:13

The belt, cut out from the leather and the buttons placed on it. My mom was working on that so I'm not sure if all the buttons are sewed on yet, but probably not

Those were the biggest metals we could find in the store, I think they look very good and I didn't care that it doesn't look exactly like the one in the rit picture. IMHO, it still looks very ritualistic and that's what matters

Funny thing was, that when those metal plates were touching with the wooden beads, it sounded exactly like cows on a field.

Imagine the jokes we made xD

You can see the head dress jewels are done, and me and my sister are coloring parts of the bottom of the skirt black after the rectangles have been glued on (there's some black between the colored rectangles) with a Sharpie marker ^_^

We didn't have time to sew on a black material

GeminiJuSa · Dec 15, 2010, 09:17 AM // 09:17

I put up my progress gallery now; http://wintersdayspiritinhereyes.blogspot.com/

I will be ranting about why I drew as I did more than how I drew it, though I'm gonna try my best to describe how I did it too. Mostly I have a lot of thoughts about what I do rather than actual focus on what I'm dong. I work too fast to cover that part in a good way, which I learned when doing the tutorial video. X_X

Nice job everyone! It's really fun to follow your processes and progresses. ^^

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Current WIP:

It's sooo hard to make realistic eyes and I can't find any good tutorials on the subject, boo

Flying Ninja Monk · Dec 15, 2010, 11:58 AM // 11:58

@Gemini:
I found this while i was browsing deviantart...it looks really useful, but since its realism i didn't use it

http://obi-quiet.deviantart.com/art/...t/297646&qo=29
If you go on obi-quiet's gallery, she has a really good one for noses and lips too...not sure what else she had
Hope i was useful! =o
I have a question: What exactly will your drawing be of? I thought it would just be a very realistic Dwayna holding a present, but now you have her reflection in the eyes =S is it grenth looking at Dwayna?
P.S i apologize if you said it before but i wasn't focusing

GeminiJuSa · Dec 15, 2010, 01:11 PM // 13:11

Thank you!! It will be useful, though my main issue is the coloured lineless eyes... I just can't colour-blend >_<

I'm supposed to make a pair of female eyes that has Grenth and Dwayna in them, but I'm pondering whether I should change it to just one eye with dwayna in it since the image with two eyes will either be too big to comfortably view the grenth and dwayna pics in the eyes or make the grenth and dwayna too small to see properly... >_<

Tommy's · Dec 15, 2010, 01:35 PM // 13:35

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Originally Posted by GeminiJuSa

Thank you!! It will be useful, though my main issue is the coloured lineless eyes... I just can't colour-blend >_<

I'm supposed to make a pair of female eyes that has Grenth and Dwayna in them, but I'm pondering whether I should change it to just one eye with dwayna in it since the image with two eyes will either be too big to comfortably view the grenth and dwayna pics in the eyes or make the grenth and dwayna too small to see properly... >_<

Everyone can blend!

Pick a soft edge (or hard edge it you want a more painterly look), airbrush would be best, create a palette of the colours you want (in your case, lots of blue), set the opacity at the prefered amount (I normaly use about 20-25%, but if I want sometime really smooth use like 5%) and start blending ^^ And you can do it! I'm sure of it. If you don't exactly understand what I mean, let me know then I can give you some screens of how I do it.
Also found this though images won't show anymore (for me at least) perhabs they do for you: http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=47859

As far as your concept goes, I would place Grenth in the eyes. The skin around the eyes is blue so perhabs you like the idea of making Dwayna the owner of those eyes and make her look at grenth? Just a thought :3

@ Morag: D:

@ Death by an Arrow: I don't think you are too pushy, you are just giving your thoughts, something I'm very grateful for

the thing is, the stripes you use indicate the pants, not her legs

the legs are just inside the red parts, so the legs are a lot thinner then the stripes you give them. I did smallen them a bit, more to make her ass look less big

See if you think its better on my next wip, probably somewhat this evening. And again, say anything you want to say about it, I'm happy with all the comments I can get